American Solutions is warning Americans about a new piece of legislation introduced today by Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) that will burden Americans with a new gas tax. The excerpt below, from an e-mail sent out by Vince Haley, the group’s vice president of policy, explains what’s at stake, thanks to the [...]
Kerry and Lieberman Introduce New Gas Tax
May 13th, 2010 · 3 Comments
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Salazar Shares Anti-Oil Message With Employees
May 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment
One week ago, I shared the text of a message Interior Secretary Ken Salazar sent to all employees of his department two weeks after the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster began in the Gulf of Mexico. It was provided to me by a friend who works for DOI. Today, I share the text of his most-recent [...]
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Census Worker Charged With Rape, Burglary (Update)
May 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Barely three months after I advised Americans to Think Twice Before Opening Door to Census Worker, two Indiana women were allegedly attacked by 39-year-old Daniel Miller, a U.S. Census worker who had been on the job for two weeks and now faces rape and burglary charges, according to a news report (below) out of Indianapolis. [...]
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Texas Top State for Business, California Worst
May 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment
For the fifth year in a row, CEOs rated Texas as the #1 state in which to do business and California as the worst, according to a Chief Executive magazine survey. North Carolina maintained its #2 rank, while Tennessee rose two positions to the #3 spot. Virginia was up three slots from last year to [...]
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